Cannes 2013: Judge The Great Gatsby on box office, says Baz Luhrmann
Brash and exuberant, the opening movie of the 66th festival has divided critics, but its director is upbeat about audience response
Travel tips: visit a museum at night or book a spring break
Nocturnal activities in museums and galleries and great accommoodation deals for May
Garlic, Mint, & Sweet Basil: Essays on Marseilles, Mediterranean Cuisine, and Noir Fiction by Jean-Claude Izzo – review
This evocative collection of essays from the French crime writer is a paean to the life, cities and food of the Mediterranean, writes PD Smith
Murder of an Italian paparazzo: a tale of bunga bunga, blackmail and organised crime
The killing of Daniele Lo Presti in February has exposed how the paparazzi prey on the rich and famous in Italy – and how these hunters are becoming the hunted, writes Tobias Jones
Amanda Knox: I went to jail naive and came out an introspective woman
US student tried for Meredith Kercher murder uses TV interview to restate innocence and ask to be 'reconsidered as a person'
Amanda Knox reiterates innocence as memoir is published
The 25-year-old was reportedly paid $4m to recount her four years in an Italian jail for the murder of Meredith Kercher
Irish bank points to other side of misquoted James Joyce coin
Central Bank says limited-edition coin that misprinted quote from Ulysses is an 'artistic representation' of Joyce's text
What a Blooming mistake: Irish coin misquotes line from Ulysses
Central Bank of Ireland gaffe causes 10,000 €10 coins honouring Irish modernist writer to be minted with an extra word
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala obituary
Novelist and screenwriter known for her work on Merchant Ivory films, including A Room with a View and Heat and Dust
Casanova unveiled: new edition of his book reveals the man who loved liberty as much as women
Corrected version of his life story will give fuller details of sexual adventures while portraying a complex personality, writes Kim Willsher
Cheshire travel tips: Folklore and fantasy in the Peak District
Alan Garner, author of The Weirdstone of Brisingamen, explains how the area around his Peak District home is steeped in myth
Ashes of Charlotte Gray heroine scattered in France
Village honours Nancy Wake, Australian woman who worked with French resistance to attack Nazis
Yorkshire versus Ibiza: which is the perfect holiday?
Eva Wiseman and Emma John have very different ideas of what makes for a good break – one wants culture, the other wants sun. So we asked them to imagine their dream getaway and, in an act of cruelty, sent them on each other's
Letters and secret files reveal the tormented life of Lina Prokofiev
New book on Soviet composer's family will show how his wife was abandoned, tortured by Stalin's police and sent to the gulag
Mikhail Shishkin refuses to represent ‘criminal’ Russian regime
Author pulls out of US Book Expo showcase in light of 'pyramid of thieves' returning his country 'to the Middle Ages'